A Fine Old Conflict by Mitford, Jessica - 1977

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 333 deckle edge pages with some black and white drawings and a section of black and white photographs From jacket: "In a book bursting with wit, heart and joie de combat, "Decca" Mitford takes us into her life as a happy warrior from her feisty girlhood as one of the famous/notorious daughters of an eccentric British peer, through her years as a Red Menace and then as an ex-Menace, to her incarnation as scourge and terror of the American Funeral Industry. We see her combat training: her childhood with her roaring father, Lord Redesdale, her awesomely reserved mother and her extraordinary sisters - Nancy the novelist; Unity the "Valkyrie," who became one of Hitler's entourage; Diana, who married Oswald Mosely; Debo, who became Duchess of Devonshire. And Decca herself, at 12, going to the family bank to open a special Running Away Account..." Light wear to jacket, quarter inch tear on bottom back of jacket. Jacket spine may be sunned. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.